For Christmas my parents got me my new toy, the Kindle, an electronic reader by Amazon. I'd been debating whether or not I wanted one for quite awhile now, and I think I'm going to enjoy it! I love that it is so easy to carry around, that I can carry tons (literally thousands, if I ever choose to download that many!) of books with me at one time (which will be awesome for travel!). I love that it has internet access pretty much anywhere so I can get online, check email from the airport, and browse Amazon books from wherever I am. I am still definitely a paper person, and I will always continue to read "real" books, but I think for awhile anyways, I'm going to be a Kindle fan :) For those who aren't familiar with a kindle, you buy books through Amazon and it automatically sends the book straight to my kindle, within a minute or two. And, the biggest bonus is that all the books are way cheaper than buying them in print. For instance, most new releases (like Dan Brown's new book) are $25 and come out only in hardback. They are $9.99 on Kindle, and many classics are even free. My mom downloaded 5 different books for me that I am very excited about--in fact I even changed my 28 Books to read this year list to accommodate these new titles :) I just finished the "real" book I was reading, so now I'm about to start my first Kindle book (Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol). I'll keep you all posted!
Friday, January 1, 2010
My New Toy
For Christmas my parents got me my new toy, the Kindle, an electronic reader by Amazon. I'd been debating whether or not I wanted one for quite awhile now, and I think I'm going to enjoy it! I love that it is so easy to carry around, that I can carry tons (literally thousands, if I ever choose to download that many!) of books with me at one time (which will be awesome for travel!). I love that it has internet access pretty much anywhere so I can get online, check email from the airport, and browse Amazon books from wherever I am. I am still definitely a paper person, and I will always continue to read "real" books, but I think for awhile anyways, I'm going to be a Kindle fan :) For those who aren't familiar with a kindle, you buy books through Amazon and it automatically sends the book straight to my kindle, within a minute or two. And, the biggest bonus is that all the books are way cheaper than buying them in print. For instance, most new releases (like Dan Brown's new book) are $25 and come out only in hardback. They are $9.99 on Kindle, and many classics are even free. My mom downloaded 5 different books for me that I am very excited about--in fact I even changed my 28 Books to read this year list to accommodate these new titles :) I just finished the "real" book I was reading, so now I'm about to start my first Kindle book (Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol). I'll keep you all posted!
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